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100 _aLee, Matt
_eauthor
245 0 _aHotbox :
_binside catering, the food world's riskiest business /
_cMatt Lee and Ted Lee
260 _aNew York :
_bHenry Holt and Company,
_cc2019
300 _a272 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm.
365 _bUSD17.05
505 _a1.Manchego mayhem -- 2.Not the sharpest knife in the drawer -- 3.The client is (almost) always right -- 4.Fiesta in the palace -- 5.The telephone chef, the glorious guys, and G. I. Joe veterans Frankfurter service -- 6.Dinner in light and dark -- 7.The big pink hippo -- 8.Sixteen hundred deviled eggs -- 9.Can I even eat this? -- 10.No milk! (butter and cream okay) -- 11.Great expectations -- 12.The happy couple fancied themselves food curators -- 13.Piercing the veil.
520 _aHotbox reveals the real-life drama behind cavernous event spaces and soaring white tents, where cooking conditions have more in common with a mobile army hospital than a restaurant. Known for their modern take on Southern cooking, the Lee brothers steeped themselves in the catering business for four years, learning the culture from the inside-out. It’s a realm where you find eccentric characters, working in extreme conditions, who must produce magical events and instantly adapt when, for instance, the host’s toast runs a half-hour too long, a hail storm erupts, or a rolling rack of hundreds of ice cream desserts goes wheels-up. Whether they’re dashing through black-tie fundraisers, celebrity-spotting at a Hamptons cookout, or following a silverware crew at 3:00 a.m. in a warehouse in New Jersey, the Lee brothers guide you on a romp from the inner circle―the elite team of chefs using little more than their wits and Sterno to turn out lamb shanks for eight hundred―to the outer reaches of the industries that facilitate the most dazzling galas. You’ll never attend a party―or entertain on your own―in the same way after reading this book.
650 _aCATERERS AND CATERING -- MANAGEMENT
700 _aLee, Ted
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